Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The WCHA on Wednesday tweeted a link to a page on its website that will keep track of how its teams do in nonconference play. That got me wondering about how many games WCHA teams will play against each of the other five conferences in college hockey. That group, of course, includes two new conferences in the Big 10 and the National Collegiate Hockey Association. WCHA teams play 6-10 nonconference games, depending on how their use they Alaska exemption.

Minnesota State will play nonconference games at Providence (HE), home against Connecticut (ECAC), at Minnesota (B1G) and Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) in the first game of the Minnesota Cup with the possibility of playing St. Cloud State (NCHC) or Minnesota in the second game.

Here's who the other WCHA teams play. All are two-game series unless specified as a single game (*). Who has the toughest nonconference schedule?

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Shane Frederick

Shane has been covering Minnesota State hockey, the WCHA and other college and high school hockey in the Mankato area for The Free Press since 2000. Give him a call at 507-344-6373 or drop him an email him at sfrederick@mankatofreepress.com.